PRINTED FOR US EASTERN COLONIAL OFFICE C.O. | 67432 645 Int 2 NOT OF FOREIGN OFFICE, November / 1904.
> mmediate. Bef 30745 Sir:-
I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th ultimo, enclosing copies of correspondence with the Board of Trade with regard to the refusal of the crew of the Steamship "Bawtrey" to proceed from Hongkong to Vladivostok with a cargo of coal.
I am to state, in reply, for the information of Mr. Secretary Lyttelton, that His Lordship acted on the suggestion contained in the letter of September 26th last from the Board of Trade and issued a Circular to His Majesty's Consular Officers at all ports, directing them to summon a Naval Court, if such a case as the one now under consideration arose in their Consular district. A copy of the Circular is enclosed herewith.
I am to add that as it appeared from the Board of Trade's letter,
Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
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